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Definition: Genetic Engineering |
Genetic EngineeringNoun1. The technology of preparing recombinant DNA in vitro by cutting up DNA molecules and splicing together fragments from more than one organism. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Agriculture | The use of recombinant DNA or other specific molecular gene transfer or exchange techniques to add desirable traits to plants, animals, or other organisms, or to enhance biological processes. Organisms modified by genetic engineering are sometimes referred to as transgenic, bioengineered, or genetically modified. The Agricultural Research Service does in-house research in this field, and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service regulates the release of genetically engineered organisms for field experiments. (references) |
Environment | A process of inserting new genetic information into existing cells in order to modify a specific organism for the purpose of changing one of its characteristics. Geographic Information System (GIS): A computer system designed for storing, manipulating, analyzing, and displaying data in a geographic context. (references) |
Health | Directed modification of the gene complement of a living organism by such techniques as altering the DNA, substituting genetic material by means of a virus, transplanting whole nuclei, transplanting cell hybrids, etc. (references) |
Medicine | 1. The experimental or industrial technologies used to alter the genome of a living cell so that it can produce more or different chemicals, or perform new functions. 2. The manipulation of genes in ways that bypass normal sexual or asexual transmission. Source: European Union. (references) |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| GEFF | English | Genetic Engineering Free Forests | N/A |
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Synonyms: Genetic EngineeringSynonyms: gene-splicing (n), recombinant DNA technology (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Genetic Engineering |
| Specialty definitions using "genetic engineering": 2 Gonal-F ♦ Arcitumomab ♦ BIOACTIVE project, biotechnology industry ♦ CEA-Scan, cloning ♦ Factor VIIa, follitropin-alpha, follitropin-beta ♦ genetic drug, Genetically Modified Organisms ♦ Humalog ♦ insulin Lispro ♦ NovoSeven ♦ Pest resistance management plans, Puregon ♦ Recombinant Fusion Proteins ♦ Transgenic crop, transgenic plant. (references) |
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Screenplays | Psst. Look what life was like before genetic engineering. (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) Genetic engineering is a way to fix God's horrible mistakes, like German people. (South Park; writing credit: Rocco Siffredi) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Vaccinia Virus: From Jenner to Genetic Engineering : A National Institutes of Health Lecture...Dr. Bernard Moss. / National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Health | Genetic engineering allows scientists to pluck genes—segments of DNA—from one type of organism and combine them with genes of a second organism. (references) | |
NIH scientists are developing tests that use the highly sensitive genetic engineering technique, known as polymerase chain reaction (PCR), to detect extremely small quantities of the genetic material of the Lyme disease bacterium in body tissues and fluids. (references) | ||
Business | The Genetic Engineering Act (1993) regulates permissions for trial plantations of GMOs and for trading genetically modified organisms or products which contain such organisms. (references) | |
Celera Genomics of the U.S. and two local firms, Ho Tung Chemical Co. and Uni-President Enterprises, plan to jointly raise USD100 million to develop genetic engineering technology. (references) | ||
Economic History | Kenya | These sub-sectors however, face formidable challenges largely because of the rapid advance of biotechnology and genetic engineering in other parts of the world. (references) |
Political Economy | JAPAN | The U.S. government agrees that it is important for consumers to have information on foods that have been genetically engineered, and believes there are a number of means other than labeling, such as educational materials and public fora, that can collectively provide more meaningful information to consumers on genetic engineering. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "genetic engineering"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | genteknologi (gene technology, genetic manipulation), genteknik (gene technology, genetic manipulation), gensplejsning (gene technology, genetic manipulation), genkirurgi (gene technology, genetic manipulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | genetische manipulatie (gene technology, genetic manipulation), genetic engineering (gene technology, genetic manipulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | geenitekniikka (gene technology, genetic manipulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | génie génétique (gene technology, genetic manipulation), ingéniérie génétique (gene technology, genetic manipulation), ingégnérie génétique (gene technology, genetic manipulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Gentechnologie (gene technology, genetic manipulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γενετική μηχανική (gene technology, genetic manipulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | manipolazione genetica (gene technology, genetic manipulation), ingegneria genetica (gene technology, genetic manipulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | éºä¼åå·¥å¦ , シンボルæ"作 (Conference of Ministers of the Group of Five, diesel, dungarees, G5, gaps between bones or muscles, gene, gene bank, gene engineering, General Infantery, genius, GI, G-mark, G-men, GNP, Good design mark, government men, gross national product, jeans, jeans jacket, jeans pants, jeep, spaces, symbol manipulation, symmetric, symmetry, sympathetic, symposium). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ã„ã§ã‚"ã—ã"ã†ãŒã, ジーンエンジニアリング (gene engineering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eneticgay engineeringay engenharia genética (gene technology, genetic manipulation). (various references) ingenierÃa genética (gene technology, genetic manipulation). (various references) genteknologi, genteknik (gene technology, genetic manipulation), genetisk ingenjörskonst (gene technology, genetic manipulation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Genetic Engineering" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: genetic engeneering, genetic engeniering. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 65 6E 65 74 69 63 45 6E 67 69 6E 65 65 72 69 6E 67 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110100 01101001 01100011 00100000 01000101 01101110 01100111 01101001 01101110 01100101 01100101 01110010 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G e n e t i c   E n g i n e e r i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0065 006E 0065 0074 0069 0063 0045 006E 0067 0069 006E 0065 0065 0072 0069 006E 0067 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4171807186756923980737580717184758073 |
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